Many thanks to all who replied. At the nth attempt I managed to get into http://scripts.ireland.com/ancestor/placenames/index.cfm but no place called Foslongford exists although the sender, Anderson, states it is in Kilcommock - which is very likely as that is where the family definately are a couple of years later (Derryadd). I was tending to go along with Niall and Pete's suggestion that it is a mis-spelling of someplace but then list mum Christina puts a spanner in the works by finding it in the death columns of Kilcommock. Strangely it is not listed in any of the birth or marriage lists, nor Griffiths. It existed but very briefly. I think I'll have to go along with pete's suggestion that it might be a location within a more familiar named townland - does Fos mean anything in Irish? Many thanks for all those who took the trouble of helping me. Sean

Yes, in Irish, " fos " with an accent over the 'o' means "yet" or "still" (Could this mean that Foslongford is on the border of Longford but is "still" Longford?) " fos " without the accent has other meanings: as a noun meaning " (state of) rest, stop or stay" It can also mean "steadiness, perseverance, control, restraint". Above acc. to O'Donaill dictionary of Irish - English. -----Original Message----- From: Sean Farrell [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 6:48 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [LONGFORD] Re: Foslongford Many thanks to all who replied. At the nth attempt I managed to get into http://scripts.ireland.com/ancestor/placenames/index.cfm but no place called Foslongford exists although the sender, Anderson, states it is in Kilcommock - which is very likely as that is where the family definately are a couple of years later (Derryadd). I was tending to go along with Niall and Pete's suggestion that it is a mis-spelling of someplace but then list mum Christina puts a spanner in the works by finding it in the death columns of Kilcommock. Strangely it is not listed in any of the birth or marriage lists, nor Griffiths. It existed but very briefly. I think I'll have to go along with pete's suggestion that it might be a location within a more familiar named townland - does Fos mean anything in Irish? Many thanks for all those who took the trouble of helping me. Sean ==== IRL-LONGFORD Mailing List ==== To Unsubscribe: Send email to [email protected] Put ONLY the word unsubscribe in the message. For digest the address is [email protected] [If you take the LIST you can't unsub from the DIGEST & vice versa]

Christine, Sean and others: I'm sorry for the confusion with that Irish Place Names URL. It was the last web site I looked at in my search for Foslongford. The only hit I got at Webferret and Google for Foslongford was at Christine's web site, showing it in that list of Kilcommock Parish death records. Then I checked the Irish Place Names site at http://scripts.ireland.com/ancestor/placenames/index.cfm That site did NOT yield the name Foslongford, but almost all of the 30+ village names ("townland" names, I guess you're calling them) that appeared in the Kilcommock death list were listed either at that place names site as being in Kilcommock Parish, or they showed up (most with spelling variations) in the map of Kilcommock Parish at http://personal.nbnet.nb.ca/tmoffatt/KilcomMoymap.html . That's why I said "it looks like" Foslongford was in Kilcommock Civil Parish. In my earlier message I should have said it "was" or "had been" there rather than "is" there, as it obviously isn't in Kilcommock Parish now. The only other townland names from the Kilcommock death list that I can't find on the parish map are Balihare (or Bolihere or Bohilere), Snugborough and Cornahugh. There is a Snugborough today in Co Cavan. With eight references to Foslongford, all spelled the same way, in the Kilcommock death list, it would not appear to be a mistake or a misspelling of some other townland name. It and each of these others may have gotten absorbed by an adjacent townland or undergone a name change. Possibly Foslongford changed its name to avoid confusion with the town of Longford. Maybe old Irish post office records would be a place to check, if such exist, or the Longford Heritage Centre. That Kilcommock Parish map is hard to read in spots, and I can't make out all the townland names, even with a magnifying glass. Foslongford may show up on it, but if so it's illegible for me. I didn't notice an indication of when the map was made. Surnames from Foslongford in the death list were Hardin, Kearny, Kelly, Kiely and Maleady/Mulleady. Andy Anderson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sean Farrell" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 3:47 PM Subject: [LONGFORD] Re: Foslongford > Many thanks to all who replied. > At the nth attempt I managed to get into http://scripts.ireland.com/ancestor/placenames/index.cfm > but no place called Foslongford exists although the sender, Anderson, states it is in Kilcommock - which is very likely as that is where the family definately are a couple of years later (Derryadd). > I was tending to go along with Niall and Pete's suggestion that it is a mis-spelling of someplace but then list mum Christina puts a spanner in the works by finding it in the death columns of Kilcommock. Strangely it is not listed in any of the birth or marriage lists, nor Griffiths. It existed but very briefly. I think I'll have to go along with pete's suggestion that it might be a location within a more familiar named townland - does Fos mean anything in Irish? > Many thanks for all those who took the trouble of helping me. > Sean > > > ==== IRL-LONGFORD Mailing List ==== > To Unsubscribe: Send email to [email protected] > Put ONLY the word unsubscribe in the message. > For digest the address is [email protected] > [If you take the LIST you can't unsub from the DIGEST & vice versa] > > Balanock Bolahare/Bolihere/Bohilere. *** Corlea/Curlea Clonbreany/Clonbraney (Cloonbreany) Corrina/Corina. (Corryena) Coolnahinch Clough. (Clogh) Cornahugh. *** Creagh. Curnacart (Cornacarta) Cury/Curry Derad. (Derryad) Derriveigh/Deryneagh (Derryveagh) Derohill. (Derryoghil) Faragh/Foyagh (Foygh) Foslongford Foslongford. Foslongford. Foslongford. Foslongford. Foslongford. Foslongford Kearny, Rosa Foslongford. Glenmore. Kilcomogue. Knockavegan Kenagh Kilcommack/Kilcommock Lisglasack. Lislea Laughill. Lislum Ledwithstown. Lisglasock. Laughloony/Loughloony Mostown/Mosstown Napogue (Knappoge) Snugborough. Tipper.